Song · Pato Banton
“Don't Sniff Coke” by Pato Banton
From the album Never Give In (1987)
“Don't Sniff Coke” by Pato Banton appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album Never Give In. Its best result is #105.3 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #240 alternative song of 1989 and #3,517 alternative song of all time.
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Pato Banton wrote "Don't Sniff Coke" himself, words and music, and it became his signature song. It comes from Never Give In, the English reggae artist's second album, which Greensleeves released in 1987 after years of making his name as an MC and deejay, working with the likes of Mad Professor and touring Britain, America and Europe.
Producers G.T. Haynes and Lesburn Thomas worked on the album with him, backed by the Studio Two Crew out of Birmingham, his home town, and the record takes on heavy subjects, drugs and poverty among them, with a grin, switching between singing and toasting over grooves that set roots reggae against the new digital dancehall, horns punching through. With a title like this one, there's no mystery which of those subjects it has in its sights.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 105.3 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 282 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 1994 | 273 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1995 | 252 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) | 300 |
| 2002 | 1413 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 936 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Don't Snif Coke.
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